Wringer



1,636,226 y 9 v. GEHRLEIN WRINGER Filed Oct. 15, 1926 IN VEN TOR.

ATTORNEYS.

Patented July 19, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VINCENT GEHRLEIN, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB TO LOVELL MANUFACTUR- ING COMPANY, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA;

WBINGEB.

Application filed October 13, 1920. Serial No. 141,281.

Wringers are usually provided with drip boards andthese drip boards extend quite a distance out from the front :and rear of the wringer. With shipment and storage of wringers it is desirable to have the drip board removed from the wrin'ger and it, therefore, becomes very desirable to have a simple-and efiicient means for securing the.

drip board to the wringer frame so that this may be done in the hands of the ultimate user, or at least by the dealer ordinarily handling the wringer. The present invention is designed to permit of asimple yet secure detachable mounting for the drip board. Features and details of the invention will appear from the specification and claims. y

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as follows Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of the wringer.

Fig. 2 a sectional view of a portion of the frame on the line 22 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 a perspective view of a portion of the bottom bar and drip board mounting.

Fig. 4 a bottom view of a portion of the bottom bar with the drip board removed.

Fig. 5 asimilar view with the drip board in place.

Fig. 6 a view of the securlng bolt.

11 mark the stiles, 2 the bottom or' base, 3 the top bar, 4 rolls mounted in the stiles, 5 a drip board, and 6 a reversing plate on the drip board. These may be of common construction so far as described.

Posts 7 are secured to the ends of the drip board and these have feet 8 which are adapted to rest on the bottom bar adjacent to they inner faces of the stiles. The foot 8 has a slot 9 and the bottom bar is provided with a key-hole slot 10, the small part of the slot being adapted to register with the slot 9. A bolt 11 having a head 'IQYiot' a size to pass through the large part of the key-hole slot 10 is passed through the enlarged part of, the key-hole-slot 10 and then moved into the slot 9 and smaller portion of the key-hole slot. The bolt is provided with a squared shank 13 which en- 1. In a wringer; the combination of a frame comprising side stiles and a base, said base having slotted openings; rolls in the frame; a drip board with feet on the base and having slots registering with the slots in the base; bolts having heads insertable through the slots in the base and movable into the slots in the feet; and nuts on the bolts adapted to clamp the feet on the base.

2. In a wringer, the combination of a frame comprising side stiles and a base, said base having slotted openings; rolls in the frame; a drip board with feet on the base and having slots registering with the slots in the base; bolts havin heads insertable through the slots inthe ase and mov-T able into the slots in the feet, said bolts having out of round shanks adapted to engage the walls of the slots; and nuts on the bolts adapted to clamp the feet on the base.

3. In a wringer, the combination of a frame comprising side stiles anda base, said base having key-hole openings therein adjacent to the side stiles; a drip board; posts extending downwardly from the drip board adjacent to the stiles. said'posts having inwardly extending feet with slots registering with the smaller portions of the keyhole slots; bolts having heads insertable through the larger portions of the key-hole slots and movable into the slots in the feet; and nuts on the bolts.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

VINCENT GEHRLEIN. 

